About us

Vision and Goals
Every day we work towards developing a strong online learning platform to train and inspire companies and individuals to become successful innovators. Our content and technology is founded on cutting-edge knowledge and pedagogy to inspire creativity in individuals and establish open and innovative organizations. We achieve this by being the preferred partner of choice for clients looking to increase their innovation capacity.

Mission
Our mission is to make it easy and affordable for businesses and individuals to increase their innovation capability.

Business Model
IM.se services are targeted and tailored to meet our client’s needs, while remaining affordable and of superior quality. IM.se services are versatile and contain smart, sustainable and affordable solutions.

High service level
We provide high quality services through the committed and knowledgeable staff who will guide you to simple and sustainable solutions. Our employees have a broad and thorough knowledge of our services and industry. We also offer an extensive library of resources, including DIY guides, inspiration, tips and advice via social media.

Accessible and inspiring
We want to be available for our clients with visibility on attractive websites where people move in their daily lives. Clients should feel that it’s simple, smart and inspiring to partner with us.

Responsibility for people and the environment
We must take responsibility for our own actions and our impact on the environment and people. We require our suppliers to adhere to specific working conditions, occupational health and environmental impact programs. Sustainability initiatives are an integral part of business operations. IM.se gets involved in key social issues and engages internationally by partnering with non-profit organizations where we may be able to contribute in a larger context.

Reinforce the InnovationManagement.se brand
The InnovationManagement.se brand is one of the strongest in the international innovation management industry. We will continue to work with our brand by participating in research projects that can develop knowledge and best practice in the field of innovation.

Customizing and developing the range
We will offer our clients a wide-ranged, enduring and attractive assortment of programs and services. The breadth of programs and services is one of our clear competitive advantages and will continue to evolve as our client’s needs evolve. The IM.se range of programs and services consists of content and services from well-established content providers, newer content providers, and our own content.

Satisfied and reassured customers
Quality customer service is central to IM.se business concepts. Our customer service policy is focused on each client interaction to be characterized by humility and service-mindedness. We firmly believe that good client care is an important competitive advantage and therefore strive to become more professional in our client contacts.

The IM Team

Lars-Percy Andersson, CEO & Founder. He is an Economist by profession who has extensive management training from IMD in Switzerland and holds a Bachelor´s degree in Behavioral Science and Psychology. Prior to staring up InnovationManagement.se he was Senior Vice President of Mediaring Inc., one of the world´s leading IP telephone companies. After 10 years building and developing Mediaring, the management team took the company to IPO at the Singapore Stock Exchange as the first Internet technology company in 1999. His innovation management experience includes that of Senior Consultant. He was responsible for executing a major innovation programme for multinational companies in the food and clean tech industry. The programs success garnered the Company and himself several awards, including on from the Swedish Ministry of Agriculture. Lars also held the past position of Vice Chairman for the Swedish committee in the CEN/TC 389 program, which was created by the European Commission in November 2008 to support a culture of innovation throughout Europe as well as accelerate the access of innovation to both domestic and global markets.

Karin Wall, Senior Content Manager. Karin is passionate about creating content that matters to the readership. She has experience from a variety of publications as a writer, translator, editor and project manager. She also has experience in managerial positions such as Head of Communications and responsible for creating and executing communication strategies in major innovation programs in MNCs. She holds a Bsc as well as extensive studies in media and communications.

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Amelia Johannsen, Design & Community Manager. With a Degree in Communications and Spanish from the University of California Davis, Amelia has played a pivotal role in the transformation of Innovation Management since early 2009 when she joined the core team. Her main activities since then have involved the careful management and coordination of the daily publishing, design and marketing, and site administration activities at InnovationManagement.se as well as planning the social media and communication strategies alongside Senior Content Manager, Karin Wall. Amelia has also worked in content management, marketing, sales, and customer relations in various roles, while her free time is best spent traveling and in the pottery studio.

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Erik Chang, Senior Editor, is a corporate entrepreneur with solid experience in technology management, corporate innovation system, and coach innovation managers in R&D organization. His research interests include multi-generation diffusion model, innovation capability and technology development combing business model innovations. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from TaTung Institute of Technology in Taiwan, M.B.A. degree from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He is studying his PhD degree in Nankai University in China. Erik comes from Taiwan and currently lives in Beijing, China.

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Jesus Mascareño, Assistant Editor and Translator for the Spanish Edition at InnovationManagement. Jesus is an innovation consultant specialized in innovation ecosystems, disruptive innovation and corporate strategy. He has worked with public and private innovation centers in Europe and Latin-America. Currently he leads the innovation practice at On-strategy for Latin-America, is professor of innovation management at Universidad Panamericana and mentors high-impact entrepreneurs at Endeavor México. Jesus has a MBA degree from Linköping University and studied International Business at Harvard University.